672 Statistics affecting British Agricultural Interests'. 
Summary op Agricultural Returns, &c. — Continued. 
Number of Sheep and Pigs in Great Britain. 
Year 
Sheep and Lambs 
Pigs 
Sheep Lambs 
Total 
No. 
15,726,947 
15,862,132 
16,756,568 
No. 
9,530,202 
9,769,888 
10,515,891 
No. 
25,257,149 
25^632,020 
27,272,459 
No. 
2,404,344 
2,510,803 
2,773,609 
1890 
compared 
with 1 
1889 
Increase < j 
Decrease . 
894,436 
or 5 - 6 
per cent. 
746,003 
or 7-6 
per cent. 
1,640,439 
or 6-4 
per cent. 
262.806 
or 10-5 
per cent. 
1890 /Increase . j 
compared J \ 
with i 
1888 (Decrease . 
1,029,621 
or 6-5 
per cent. 
985,689 
or 10-3 
per cent. 
2,015,310 
or 8 0 
per cent. 
369,265 
or 15-4 
per cent. 
Table showing the Acreage under Hops in England, as re 
turned upon june 4 in the years 1888, 1889, and 1890. 
Counties 
1888 
1889 
1890 
Counties 
1888 
1889 
1890 
Berks .... 
Gloucester . . 
Hants .... 
Hereford . . . 
Kent .... 
Notts .... 
Salop .... 
Acres 
10 
10 
2,972 
6,559 
36,448 
18 
104 
Acres 
10 
4 
2,905 
6,850 
35,487 
16 
101 
Acres 
11 
14 
2,614 
6,519 
33,525 
14 
110 
Suffolk . . . 
Surrey . . . 
Sussex . . . 
Worcester . . 
Total . . 
Acres 
29 
2,173 
7,403 
2,764 
Acres 
29 
2,101 
7,282 
2,9.39 
Acres 
29 
1,874 
6,787 
3,058 
58,490 
57,724 
54,555 
